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Past Simple Past Continuous

The document provides instruction on using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It includes examples sentences requiring completion with verbs in either the past simple or past continuous form. There are also passages to complete using these tenses. The document aims to help learners practice and understand when to use the past simple versus past continuous tenses in narrating events that took place in the past.

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Past Simple Past Continuous

The document provides instruction on using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It includes examples sentences requiring completion with verbs in either the past simple or past continuous form. There are also passages to complete using these tenses. The document aims to help learners practice and understand when to use the past simple versus past continuous tenses in narrating events that took place in the past.

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PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS

1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or the Past
Continuous.
were sailing
1. We (sail) on a ferry when we saw a shark.
2. Two helicopters (fly) above the house yesterday.
3. My aunt (wait) for a taxi at 8 oclock this morning.
4. I was travelling on the underground when a man (take) my wallet.
5. Becky (not buy) any souvenirs last year.
6. Where you (go) when I phoned you?
7. Jim (not watch) the road while he was driving.

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past
Continuous.
was sleeping
1. While Russ (sleep), a
bear
took (take) his food.

2. Kate (fly) her plane


when a storm (start).

3. The boys (not see)


the gorilla while they
(walk) in the jungle.

4. Mr Brown (try) to
catch fish when he
(catch) an old boot.

5. When the limousine


(arrive), Lucy (wait)
in the garden.

3 Complete the sentences with the words below. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous and
when or while.
1. It started to rain ...........................................................................................................................
the children / swim / in the sea
2. We stopped talking ......................................................................................................................
the teacher / come / into the room

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3. The students were cleaning up the park .....................................................................................
their parents / plant / flowers
4. I was walking to school ...............................................................................................................
I / fall / in the snow

4 Complete the passage with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

The Exxon Valdez was a large ship and it 1 (transport) oil to many
countries. On 24th March 1989, while the ship 2 (travel) from Alaska
to Los Angeles, it 3 (hit) Bligh Reef. This damaged the ship and a lot
of the oil 4 (go) into the sea. Many birds 5
(hunt) for food in the sea when the accident 6 (happen). About 250,000
birds 7 (die) and the oil killed thousands of fish, whales and other sea
animals, too. It 8 (take) more than $4 billion, three years and thousands
of workers to clean up the area.

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